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The Jensen sport car is being rebuilt in Banbury with modern technology

The multi-millionaire who founded the Carphone Warehouse is investing in classic cars in Oxfordshire.

Charles Dunstone has joined the board of Jensen International Automotive which is relaunching the classic Jensen Interceptor marque.

The car was built in West Bromwich in the West Midlands until 1976 when the business went into liquidation.

In its heyday it was driven by the likes of Sir Cliff Richard, John Thaw, Henry Cooper and Eric Morecambe.

Formula 1 driver Jenson Button was also named after the classic car.

The company is now based in Thame and is rebuilding the Interceptor with modern technology.

"We were asked by many of our customers whether we could provide a Jensen Interceptor that would be a lot more reliable and a lot more powerful than the original one," Steve Bannister, Marketing Manager at Jensen, told BBC Oxford.

"So we sat down and redesigned it and rebuilt it."

With Charles Dunstone as the new chairman, the influx of money has enabled the team at Jensen to accelerate production of the car.

The company aims to build up to 18 vehicles a year.

"We take an original Jensen reaching the end of its economic life and we strip it back.

"Then we rebuild it from the shell upwards into a new car and put a 6.2 litre modern engine in.

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